New Zealand’s Straker Translations is on a roadshow to secure potential institutional investors for an Initial Public Offering on the Australian Stock Exchange next month that would value the USD 17m revenue LSP at a premium USD 57m. Continue reading
The number of US residents who speak a language other than English at home has doubled since 1990 to 66.6 million people. Spanish dominates but other languages growing too. Diversity drives language services demand. Continue reading
Neural machine translation is fluent to the point that Google’s ranking algorithm may rate machine translated content as legitimate content created by humans, hinting at complex implications for search engine optimization and digital marketing. Continue reading
Hot take on SlatorCon San Francisco 2018. A rundown of main themes and speakers from Slator’s one-day flagship event for the language industry including photo gallery. Continue reading
Game localizer and technical service provider Keywords Studios grew revenues by 72% to EUR 110m in the first half of 2018 on the back of acquisitions. Growth in localization and localization testing slowed. Continue reading
A fluent understanding of NMT—neural fluency—is a must for localization departments who need to constantly do more with less for the globalization efforts of their multinational companies. Continue reading
August 2018 became the busiest month ever for neural machine translation research as more papers call for improved evaluation methods and big tech companies step up the number of submissions. Continue reading
Printing giant Toppan Leefung acquires Capital Markets and Compliance business from competitor Merrill Corporation. Combined translation unit employs 120 in-house translators. Continue reading
Software localization’s unique challenges require in-context quality assurance to minimize repeat work and wasted time and capital. Learn how the best Live Preview feature leads to optimized software localization and, in turn, successful globalization. Continue reading
It has been a busy summer 2018 for the US legal and healthcare interpretation industry with President Trump’s immigration policy boosting demand for rarer languages, states building out language services for voters, and local governments pushing back on interpreter pay demands. Continue reading
Alexa Translations and The Language Group welcome new Vice Presidents, while Eriksen Translations and lengoo appoint senior managers. Continue reading
Slator readers give their opinion on public sector demand for language services and technology, the impact of startups on the industry in the next three years, the highest potential growth regions, and how neural machine translation should be evaluated. Continue reading
Smartcat gets USD 7m from storied VC firm Matrix Partners to further scale its translation management platform and freelance translator marketplace. Continue reading
Why content effectiveness is key and translation quality does not happen by default at Indeed.com and how Academia will need to adapt in training future linguists. Continue reading
Increased spending by existing clients boosts Edinburgh-based Lingo24 in the first half of 2018. CEO Christian Arno says impact of NMT on clients’ pricing expectations is still very limited but is picking up momentum. Continue reading
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